The City (Season 2): Ep. 12 'Lost In Translation'

Whitney faces her biggest career challenge yet, when a powerful fashion PR company offers to represent her line, threatening her relationship with Kelly Cutrone. Erin makes a final play in her effort to get Olivia replaced at the magazine. Olivia makes a last minute trip to Japan, which changes her future at ELLE. 

Whitney meets with Kelly to tell her she's been approached by a rival PR firm, Alison Brod Public Relations, that wants to represent Whitney Eve.

Kelly says she's not offended by Whitney's choice to pursue other PR opportunities, but her words aren't exactly warm.

Supermodel Karolina Kurkova poses for ELLE's 25th anniversary issue.

Louise steps in to interview Karolina Kurkova for ELLE.com when Olivia is away on assignment in Japan.

Joe and Erin praise Louise's on-camera work but ELLE's editorial director Keith still favors Olivia to be the face of the website.

Olivia visits ELLE's Japan office and meets with their team to discuss her appearance at an upcoming event.

Zach and Roxy go for a walk where Roxy vents over her strained friendship with Whitney.

Whitney meets with PR Pro Alison Brod about possible new PR representation.

Alison guarantees Whitney she can further her career and hopes they will work together.

Erin tells Seth she hopes Olivia's absence will pave the way for Louise to step in as the new, permanent, face of ELLE.com.

Meanwhile, in Japan, Olivia charms the audience while participating in a Q & A session.

Joe tells Erin he has yet to decide who will be the face of ELLE.com.

Kelly has harsh words for Whitney when she hears inaccurate rumors surrounding Whitney's representation.

Whitney apologizes to Kelly and maintains she has yet to make any formal decision.

Joe calls a staff meeting where he reveals to the group that Louise has taken another job offer and that Olivia will be the new face of ELLE.com.

Olivia, fresh off her success in Japan, basks in the good news.

Erin on the other hand, isn't as pleased with Joe's news.

Whitney and Roxy put their differences aside to meet about Whitney's current PR predicament.

Whitney continues to struggle between her loyalties to Kelly and her desire to further her career. Will she stay with Kelly or move on?

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Executive Producer Adam Divello on Finales

Tonight, MTV will air a finale double-feature, as “The Hills” and “The City” wrap up their story lines. In the case of “The Hills,” tonight’s episode marks the end of the series, after more than 100 episodes, incalculable tears and public breakdowns. Executive producer Adam Divello won't give out any details, but said the producers “shot a lot of surprises.”

The Wall Street Journal: How do you feel about “The Hills” ending after six seasons?

Adam Divello: It’s a bittersweet moment for us to see the series end. It was something we all felt that it was the right time.

Will there be any spin offs?

Never say never. There’s definitely been some interest but nothing is in the works right now.

Is there any truth to rumors that Stephanie Pratt will join the cast of “The City?”

We’ve never talked to Stephanie Pratt about coming to “The City,” so I don’t know. We are just wrapping up the second season of that show and we haven’t started on the third season. We haven’t gotten an official pick up yet.

Is that why rumors swirled that “The City” was cancelled?

I don’t know how any of this stuff gets planted. It hasn’t been canceled at all. We go through a stage of pre-production where we figure out what we would present next season, and we’re presenting that to the network. But it’s looking very positive that “The City” will return.

When we started out in season one, we were coming off of Whitney leaving the Hills. We went very relationship heavy the first season and I think it was fun to see Whitney dating and running around the city trying to her act together. The second season we went more work related because I think that’s the fun thing to watch. Like a lot of New Yorkers, they take their careers and their work very seriously. When we come back next season, I think a lot of the players are going to be in different places.

Olivia told us that she’s edited in a certain way because the show needs drama. Do you agree?

It’s not a documentary. We’re not following Olivia around 24 hours a day. It’s her under a microscope. It’s probably a slight exaggeration of who she is but it’s all based on [her]. We don’t write the lines for [the cast] and we don’t tell them what to say. What comes out of their mouths is what comes out of their mouths.

If Olivia left Elle magazine, would we get to follow Joe Zee and Erin Kaplan?

We would regroup and think, what do we do next? Do we follow her outside of Elle? Do we follow Elle without her? We would certainly approach Elle and say, ‘Who is going is going to take Olivia’s place, we want to follow that new person.’ We would certainly follow Olivia as she looks for another gig and lands another job.

Does Heidi return in the finale?

You have to wait and see.

Stephanie Pratt tweeted a photo of Converse shoes covered in photos of “The Hills” cast. Are these going to show up in stores now?

Abby, one of our camera operators, [received them as a gift from a friend] for the 100th episode. She wore them to set. Pictures were taken and circulated. It’s very strange to see our cast’s faces all over a pair of sneakers but they are a one of a kind, custom-made Converse.

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